POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : HeightFields and differences, clipping etc. : Re: HeightFields and differences, clipping etc. Server Time
10 Aug 2024 17:29:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: HeightFields and differences, clipping etc.  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 5 Jan 2000 16:01:49
Message: <GbFzOBM7+phfQstcsHWS2vQHMS0x@4ax.com>
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000 18:41:11 +0100, Fabien Mosen
<fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote:

>Chris Huff wrote:
>
>> Don't get confused by the fact that you can see under the top surface of
>> the height field, the object is there, there just aren't any surfaces
>> around that portion of it. The lower boundaries are set by a cube, 
>
>If I remember well, the "lower" part of the "inside" of a HF extends
>to the infinity, just like a plane does.
>
>Fabien.

I think you're right but it is also automaticallt bounded by a unit
box and this may cause problems if you try to access the volume below
the x-z plane.


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
ICQ: 15002700


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